Glasgow.: Blackie and Son. First Edition. 1860. A publication issued in ten parts; original paper wrappers 15 x 11 inches each part with two folding plates 15 x 20.5 inches save No. 10 which has a third plate 15 x 10.5 inches; total 21 plates. Eighty-four pages of text including a section "Descriptions of Large Engravings." The string binding of No. 10 perished; in addition to the last 12 pages of text this number contains the Title Page Preface Table of Contents List of Plates List of Wood Engravings Index and Instructions to the Binder. Light foxing to plates; text generally clean with light toning; overall very good condition. The text on the paper wraps reads: "Recent Practice in the Locomotive Engine: Being a Supplement to 'Railway Machinery' Comprising the Latest English Improvements and a Treatise on the Locomotive Engines of the United States. Illustrated by a Series of Plates and Numerous Engravings on Wood." The 20 folding plates depict locomotives belonging to railroads in England Scotland Egypt and the United States. The titles for the US equipment are: "Wood-Burning Passenger Locomotive by Wm. Mason & Co. Taunton Mass. U.S."; "Passenger Locomotive by Danforth Cook & Co. Paterson New Jersey for the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad U.S."; "American Locomotives--Cross Sections. Baltimore & Ohio Railway"; "Freight Engine by M. W. Baldwin & Co. Philadelphia U.S." A single page plate titled "Illustrations of American Locomotives as Carriages" depicts through profiles rendered in outline 36 American locomotives with the object of creating an historical overview that begins with a locomotive from 1837. A note in the final volume advises: "The plates are numbered in continuation of the Series in the Author's work on Railway Machinery" which explains numeration from 31 through 50 for the twenty folding plates. A scarce first edition in paper wraps as issued; overall good clean condition with faults noted. . Blackie and Son. paperback
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